How do I tell someone I'm non-binary in Japanese?
if you just want to say âiâm non-binaryâ, you could say:
ćĽ: (ĺăťç§ăťčŞĺăŻ)Xă¸ă§ăłăăźă§ăăjp: (boku / watashi / jibun wa) x-jendaa desu.en: iâm non-binary.
note that the first part of the sentence is in parenthesis because in Japanese itâs common to drop the subject of the sentence, even though that isnât the case in English.
that said, if you want to be more specific (and if any of these happen to describe you), you could also say something like:
ćĽ: (ĺăťç§ăťčŞĺăŻ)çĄć§ă§ăăjp: (boku / watashi / jibun wa) musei desu.en: iâm genderless / agender.
ćĽ: (ĺăťç§ăťčŞĺăŻ) ä¸ć§ă§ăăjp: (boku / watashi / jibun wa) chuusei desu.en: iâm gender neutral /  an androgyne.
ćĽ: (ĺăťç§ăťčŞĺăŻ)严ć§ă§ăăjp: (boku / watashi / jibun wa) ryousei desu.en: iâm bigender / ambigender.
ćĽ: (ĺăťç§ăťčŞĺăŻ)ä¸ĺŽć§ă§ăăjp: (boku / watashi / jibun wa) futeisei desu.en: iâm genderfluid.
the above gender identities are relatively common among non-binary people in Japan. note that ä¸ć§ / chuusei can potentially translate into two different genders in English. iâd say itâs commonly used to mean androgyne within the non-binary community, but thereâs also a strong association with gender neutrality because ä¸ć§ç / chuuseiteki is often used within society in general to mean unisex or gender neutral.
having said all that, just like when speaking English, the person youâre talking to may not be familiar with the above words. in that case, you might need or want to explain what being non-binary means for you.
ćĽ: (ĺăťç§ăťčŞĺăŻ) çˇć§ă§ă弳ć§ă§ăăŞăă§ăăjp: (boku / watashi / jibun wa) dansei demo josei demo nai desu.en: iâm neither male nor female.
ćĽ: (ĺăťç§ăťčŞĺăŻ) çˇć§ă§ă弳ć§ă§ăăŞăăć§ĺĽăŻăŞăă§ăăjp: (boku / watashi / jibun wa) dansei demo josei demo naku, seibetsu wa nai desu.en: iâm neither male nor female. i have no gender.
ćĽ: (ĺăťç§ăťčŞĺăŻ)çˇć§ă¨ĺĽłć§ăŽéăŽć§ă§ăăjp: (boku / watashi / jibun wa) dansei to josei no aida no sei desu.en: my gender is in between male and female.
ćĽ: (ĺăťç§ăťčŞĺăŻ) çˇć§ă§ăăă弳ć§ă§ăăăć§ă§ăăjp:(boku / watashi / jibun wa) dansei demo ari josei demo aru sei desu.en: iâm both male and female.
ćĽ:(ĺăťç§ăťčŞĺăŻ)çˇć§ă§ă弳ć§ă§ăăŞăăăăć§ĺĽăŽéăŤć§čŞčŞăĺ¤ăăăžăăjp:(boku / watashi / jibun wa) dansei demo josei demo naku, aru seibetsu no aida ni seijinin ga kawarimasu.en: iâm neither male nor female, my gender identity changes from gender to gender.
ćĽ:(ĺăťç§ăťčŞĺăŻ)çˇć§ă§ă弳ć§ă§ăăŞăă ăăăăĺ
¨ăé˘äżăŞăć§ă§ăăjp: (boku / watashi / jibun wa) dansei demo josei demo naku, izuremo mattaku kankei nai sei desu.en: iâm neither male nor female. my gender is completely unrelated to either of those genders.
âŚâŚ..and i totally took this relatively simple ask and ran away with it. oh well. hopefully it helps you, anon. either way, this post is officially my *points at this* post for future asks. lol
